Education:

1998 -2001 Hertford Regional College, Hertford.

Certificate in Marketing, Advanced Certificate in Marketing and Diploma in Marketing.

1989 - 1993 University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire.



BEng (Hons) 2:2 in Manufacturing Systems Engineering.

1979 - 1989 Bedford High School, Bromham Road, Bedford.

2 'A' Levels, Mathematics and Biology

10 'O' Levels, including Mathematics and English.

Training:

December 2004 IOSH Working Safely

September 2002 Auditor training for TS16949

December 1996 BPMA: Pump Technology : Fundamental Principles

April 1996 PS Industry Group, SuperCAPES product Course

December 1995 ABB Robotics Programming and Operation course, S4

September 1995 Robot Maintenance and Servicing course.

July 1995 Helpdesk Management Seminar.

March 1995 ABB Robotics Programming Course,S3.

December 1994 Frech Diecasting Course, Tooling Design and Machine Operation.

Work Experience:

11.12.04 - 16.12.05 Maintenance Planning and Production Engineer, Alcoa Lingotes Castings, Leyland, Preston. Responsible for planning and scheduling engineers preventative maintenance activities and coordinating engineers for breakdown jobs, running the preventative maintenance programme by updating the database and providing performance reports to the management, for use in company and TS16949 objectives. I am also responsible for day to day production engineering activities, such as technical supplier problems, tooling problems, new projects and process development. I manage engineering contractors on site ensuring on time job completion and achievements of budgets. As a TS16949 quality auditor I conduct regular internal process and procedural audits as part of a team of auditors. I continue to sit on the site health and safety committee as the technical representative.

21.01.02 - 10.12.04 ProjectProduction Process Engineer, Alcoa Lingotes Castings, Leyland, Preston. As a Project leader I have been responsible for the specification, budgetary control and timescales and project plans of new machinery for development of any new or existing processes within the plant. I have worked as part of a team to promote use of Kaizan and TPM to improve plant layouts and achieve plant process improvements on existing equipment. I have worked with a team to ensure new production jobs coming on site are given adequate training specification and appropriate processing equipment is available and instructions are written as part of the APQP programme. I have assisted with the implementation of 5S on the shop floor in line with management objectives. I also worked on a day to day basis looking at problems with post cast process and production engineering, resolving problems with castings and equipment. As part of my duties I have worked to improve the standard of equipment in line with HSE legislation and corporate guidelines, worked with other departments such as health and safety, maintenance and quality department to review standards and safe working practises on the shop floor. As a TS16949 quality auditor I conducted regular internal process and procedural audits as part of a team of auditors. I also sat on the site health and safety committee as the technical representative.

01.10.00 - 20.01.02 Technical Director, Melian Engineering Products, Shefford.

I set up my own company to provide manufacturing engineering consultancy, technical purchasing expertise and contract engineering services. Including contracts as follows:

Contract Manufacturing Engineer, KV Automation, Milton Keynes.

Responsible for day to day problem solving on shop floor and process improvement projects, involving JIT and Kanban.

Contract Technical Buyer, Modular Wiring Systems, Watford.

Responsible for purchasing components, ensuring supply to meet contractual obligations and liaison with subcontract manufacturing operations.

01.08.98 - 30.09.00 Product Manager, Huco Engineering Components, Hertford.

I had responsiblity for a range of miniature couplings and leadscrews, my role included providing technical expertise on the products, managing their stock levels and negotiating prices with suppliers. I was also responsible for the day-to-day management of the products and the customers, negotiating prices and maintaining customer contact and relationships.

20.05.97 - 31.07.98 Engineering team leader and Project Engineer, Kemlows Diecasting, Hoddesdon, Herts.

I was a team leader for a small team of four engineers, some qualified and some of them apprentices. As a team we were responsible for the day to day production engineering problems and process improvements across the plant. As the team leader I was responsible for general supervision, discipline, reviews and apprentice development, answering to the production director on the successes and failures of the team. As the Project Engineer I was responsible for the layout and introduction of new plant and processes to increase productivity and processing of zinc and aluminium pressure diecastings. I worked with new customers and new products to ensure the products were suitable for manufacture and the new product introduction at plant was successful.

18.11.96 - 18.05.97 Proposals Engineer, Hayward Tyler Fluid Dynamics, Luton, Beds.

Preparing technical quotations for a range of steam turbine applications in the process industry, with customer and sub-supplier liaison.

11.08.96 - 11.11.96 Production Engineer, ACO Cranfield, Cranfield, Beds.

Three month contract providing engineering and technical support to the shop floor. Preparing technical quotations for polymer concrete applications from customer enquiries, with customer and tool supplier liaison.

07.06.96 - 10.08.96 Contractor for Find A Job, Bedford

To provide engineering temporary cover in a variety of companies.

01.05.96 - 06.06.96 Applications Consultant, PS Industry Group, Milton Keynes.

To provide application and technical support to engineering customers on the SuperCAPES Cost Analysis, Planning and Estimating System.

05.06.95 - 08.04.96 Technical Support Engineer, ABB Flexible Automation, Milton Keynes.

To set up and maintain a Customer Service help desk. Responsible for answering questions on programming and robotics applications on a range of robots, servicing and maintenance of the robots and associated equipment, as well as explaining the services which the ABB customer service department provide. To advise on basic mechanical fault finding, problem solving and solutions to the problem before an engineer was dispatched.

01.11.93 - 02.06.95 Production Engineer and Project Manager on £¾ Million Diecasting Automation Project, CEGO, Silver End, Witham, Essex.

Responsible for the research, specification, system design, purchase, installation and successful commissioning of two Frech Diecasting Cells with ABB Robots. Other responsibilities included management of the robotic cells, including planning and allocation of work and manpower to the cells, training and recruitment of staff for the two cells as well as programming the robotics and maintaining the other machines involved; Research into problems with the surface finish of castings and the way they are affected by paint powder coating, gold and chrome plating; Tooling design, tool modifications and internal and external tool servicing; Supplier management of all products and suppliers that were involved in the Die casting operations of the company.

Personal Successes.

As an engineer fresh out of University I pleased to be able to work with the foundry employees to introduce new technology to the foundry in the form of an updated machine and robotics.

By the time I worked in my second foundry position I had enough general experience to take on a team leader role and the successes were in the form of being able to resolve and improve shop floor situations but also to be able to work with the apprentices to make sure they covered the areas required to further their education.

As a Product manager I learnt about products and customers and developed a greater appreciation for different industries and could put my production engineering knowledge to use in being able to help with general application problems.

By the time I decided to go into business on my own I had worked in a range of different industries and had further developed myself to be able to run financial, marketing and engineering aspects of being in business for myself, and for the time the business was running kept myself busy and making money, definitely a success.

As Project Engineer and Production engineer at Alcoa I have been able to successfully manage capital equipment projects, and develop other skills such as quality auditing and a better understanding of health and safety requirements in the work place making it far easier when working with people from other departments as there is a greater understanding of the pressures of their roles in the company.